No one voted for them when they were campainging by themselves in 2020 - 0 delegates won.
2024 primaries were shut down - so no one voted them again. They wouldn't have won the primaries if the primaries were held.
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The fact that you mention they have been voted for because they were the second person on the ticket that won the presidential election is exactly what is wrong with the US. They only managed to win by association and now they hope to fail-upwards solely on name recognition (gained through association!)
In the US you don't win on merit anymore, now the game is:
1. get a small win by association
2. use the newly gained name recognition to fail upwards
I absolutely agree that this entrenched two-party system is a clear issue that needs to be resolved if the US is to become a real functioning democracy. But also woe to noting that there are other parties in the race also; they just don’t have popular support.
Two parties is the mathematical equilibrium of every first-past-the-post system.
Only way to have more parties is to adopt something like a proportional parliamentary system. Which will never happen because you'd have to change the constitution.
2024 primaries were shut down - so no one voted them again. They wouldn't have won the primaries if the primaries were held.
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The fact that you mention they have been voted for because they were the second person on the ticket that won the presidential election is exactly what is wrong with the US. They only managed to win by association and now they hope to fail-upwards solely on name recognition (gained through association!)
In the US you don't win on merit anymore, now the game is:
1. get a small win by association
2. use the newly gained name recognition to fail upwards
What a shame.